Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!liszt!przemek From: przemek@liszt.helios.nd.edu (Przemek Klosowski) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Be Prepared... Summary: orders of magnitude Message-ID: <1991Feb15.180742.8360@news.nd.edu> Date: 15 Feb 91 18:07:42 GMT References: <1991Feb13.160718.25759@visix.com> Sender: news@news.nd.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Notre Dame Lines: 10 Not even close. 2^64 = (2^10)^6.4 = approx. (10^3)^6.4, or more or less 10^19. Now the Avogadro number (the number of atoms in a mole, e.g. in 28 grams of silicon) is 6*10^23. You are off by several orders of magnitude :^) -- przemek klosowski (przemek@ndcvx.cc.nd.edu) Physics Dept University of Notre Dame IN 46556